Overnight June 10th - Morning June 11th: Needed Heavy Rainfall

On Sunday afternoon (June 10th) into Monday (June 11th) morning, a weakening area of low pressure pushed northeast into Georgia and then into the Carolina states. By 7 am CDT on June 11th, it had weakened to an upper level disturbance reflected in surface analysis by a weak boundary. This produced some much needed heavier rainfall across northern Alabama late Sunday night into Monday morning, when 1 to around 3 inches fell across Marshall, Jackson, Dekalb, and eastern portions of Madison counties.

Below are rainfall totals from 06/10/2012 at 7am through 06/11/2012 at 7 am.

This was much needed rainfall as it kept much of northern Alabama from dropping into a D2 drought index category.

June 11th: Some Additional Rainfall with Severe Storms

Additional rainfall occurred on Monday (June 11th) in the afternoon and evening, as a large area of showers and strong to severe thunderstorms pushed southeast from Arkansas across northwestern Alabama. Below is another plot of additional rainfall totals that were reported starting at 7 am on Monday and ended at 7 am on Tuesday.

Below are rainfall totals from 06/11/2012 at 7am through 06/12/2012 at 7 am.

This area of convection prompted a severe thunderstorm watch #373, which was issued at 1:30 pm and was in effect for Lauderdale, Colbert, and Franklin counties until 9 pm. Lawrence and Cullman counties were later added to this watch. This area of storms produced widespread damaging wind reports, with the strongest winds primarily affecting Franklin, Colbert, Lawrence, and Cullman counties. Below is a plot of wind damage with this event.